Telegram-herald., 1887-11-07
BEES LETTER
ALEXANDRIA AND nat. VERNON.
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capital. nearly due south across the Poto-
mac, and can be seen on iAis Gay from
the dome OF the capitol. Many people en-
gagged ia business in Washing oa live in
Alexandra, Including quite number oi
government enplOyes. Ferry -b0ats. much
Ike those OF the North and East rivers
ran every hour between tie tWO cities.
time sbOul hail an h0ur f4.8 fifteen cents
Tor round trip and commu- alton ticAets,
1 believe. for regular CUSTOMERS bringing
the fare down almost on par with ghag VI
the street cars.
Alexandra viii probably never lose It's
mature and leisuTely va bui IL Will, s0me
day, sustain about the same relation 10
Washington that Brooklyn does 10 New
4Ork, or COyington % Cincinnati.
The ancient commercial glory Of Aiex-
andria has departed, there vas = time when
is docks were crowded u!.h vessels and
It's streets with wagons loaded with grain
end tobacco from league Inland. There
Is enough buslness taSre now 10 keep II
alive and improving little, and enough
decay 10 give II the chaau Ot maturity.
IL nEs been compared To Washington as
the rich c0loIs Ol Auyumn az compared 10
tie crude green Oh spring.
Irrsyefent iun-lOvers nave INDUCED in no
end ol iokes anu jeers a. the expense of the
queer old place with its gr&ss-grown cOsble-
stone payemsnts. It's quaint Old buildings
with arche4 doors and old knockers. ITS
latticed aud dOrmer windows and immense
cnlmneys. The inhabitants ct the city and
OF the Old Dominion" generally are very
sensitive and disposed ID resent insults 10
one OF their most famous anu most Feyered
landmarks.
The CITY is handsomely situated, has
good harboT. The eIpanse vi river is like
tnat OF 4 hne bay. In every direction the
scenery is hne and the air Is wholesome, or,
a. least somewhat 80. One OF the best
things / have heard about the quiet serenity
of the pl-ce lately. Is this7 Speaking IN
favor of the cheapness and comfort ot living
there, the other DAY, a gentleman from
there said: After the hustle and hustle Of
Washington il Is grateful to retire to the
gdet OF Alexandra" The hustle and
hustle Of Washington" is laughable, as we'll
/ as the idea that any one should wish to
leave this city 10 avoid noise or crowds;
could wish to and a more quiet and peace
acie place outside Of q cemetery. A stranger
actually gets 50 tired OF the quietness here,
now ana then he would fain seek a com
mercisl city with rs noise aud hustle Ia
order TO satisfy himself that be has not lost
his sense OF hearing. Oh not for quiet and
peace shall We need to visit Alexandria or
/ any other city, ancient or modern.
Mount Vernon, the sacred home and
resting place of George Washington, is
/ about eight miles farther down the river,
/ lovely spot hallowed oy memories and as
I sOclauOns dear to every patriot. and Just
now 4 lively movement Is on foot 10 build
Il great national highway from Washington
via Arlington and Alexandria TO Mt. Yer
non with shade trees and statues on either
side TO De presented by every State and
| Ierritory-a broad and beautiful boulevard,
the graadest drive in the United States.
| Should such a road be built Alexandria
| will be halfway place sld gfeat resort
( for the drivers, the riders and the patrons
| OF the Tally-hO coaches which Will, during
| the fashionable season, make the OOule
ward resemble the drive from Hyde Park
corner to the Albert Memorial.
The famous Marshall House, sin which
Colonel Ellsworth. OF the New York Fire
Zouaves, was killed by Jackson, .the propri-
etor, III May. loOl, was almost destroyed by
tire several years ago and in rebuilding II
| scarcely a sign of it was left fortunately
! perhaps) of the building as it appeared
| when Col. Ellsworth and his regiment and
| Col. Wilcox, with the First Michigan In
fantry, the hrst troops to enter
the State of Virginia after the
war commenced, took possession of the city.
Francis L. BrowneIl, of Troy. n. Y, one of
the SIX men who entered the hotel with
Colonel Ellsworth and assisted in hauling
down the Confederate flag, and The one
| who shot Jackson, Is q c4erk IN the Pension
Bureau, and lately a Special Examiner, at
Detroit, is very fond OF telling his expert
ences. and OF exhibiting MS relics. but We
can safely conclude that he doesn't do so ia
/ Alexandra, where Jackson is remembered
as a brave man, who had sworn that he
would Kill any man VINO hauled down his
flax and VINO carried his threat into execu-
| zion and kept mis- oath, knowing that he
was one against many, and that resistance
! meant certain death; his secSsSiOnist friends
and sympsghiSeTs, most OF them, lett the
city just before the Union troops entered il
in fact they barely made their escape and
stood not upon the order Of their going.
| The old ciuzens-snd many OF the young
oEes-hRve not yet been able to learn u
love the Yankees, and they are not vet in
! C.ined TO 10 invite them to make themselves
81 home anu invest their wealth, and ex-
| hibit their enterprise in that city.
one of the finest OF the old landmarks OF
Alexandra is the residence OF General
Brsdd0ck, which l. almost surrounded sad
hidden Dy the Brsddock House. the princi-
pal hotel of the place. BraddOck
residence Is grand relic built o
free-stoue, with wide hall, wind
J ing stairs, pannelled rooms, carved
/ wooden mantel pieces. extending TO the
ceiling, and a massive pilsred porch ai
: what was once the point The grand Old
J mansion was erected about one hundrea
and ifty years ago, then the waters of the
Potomac washed against the garden
walls" now they are nearly half a mills
away, the made land and the docks have
occupied the intervening space.
The old mansion occupied by General
. ! Washington when ne lived "a Alexandria
is another attractive and interesting bui,d
ing. There are many relics OF Washington
IN private hands in the old city. also pub
lie collection n a pretty little museum II
the handsome new city building.
The City Hotel. n0w occupied ss an suc
; ton house vas once a noted h0s.eirie. II
wss erected in 1895 by Mrs John Wise
( during Tie absence Of her h',zbaDd Ia
. Europe and vas then Known az Johr
WISE Tavern. Afterwards it rss GOdsby
Tavern anG i4ter. ClsEetts Tavern. In it
p / under All is names. good hanQGefs ia Y,
. ( olsu been served in 0oBer of the aotsbl'
men - those dsvs-N asa nrtan an,
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